Chemical characterization of bio-oil of the fast pyrolysis from biomass

Authors

  • Roberto Alfonso Viltres-Rodríguez Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Granma Granma, Cuba
  • Alejandro Alarcón-Zayas Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Granma Granma, Cuba

Keywords:

Elephant Capin; sugar cane straw; fast pyrolysis; bio-oil; gas chromatography.

Abstract

Biomass from agricultural processes is an important resource for fast pyrolysis and its transformation into bio-oil and high added value products. Several Standards of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) were used in order to the physical-chemical characterization of the biomass used and the bio-oil obtained. Representative samples of bio-oil 0,82; pyroligneous acid 0,18 t , non-condensable gases 0,25 t and carbon 0,42 t were obtained by the fast pyrolysis from a mixture of Elephant Capín (Pennisetum purpureum) with sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) straw. Nighty three organic compounds belonging to carboxylic acids, phenols, derivatives of furan, ethers of lignin, a homologous series of n-alkanes from the bio-oil, and some aromatic nitrogenous compounds of high molar mass by gas chromatography with mass detector were identified. The caloric power of bio-oil is 20,20 MJ kg-1, facilitating its possible use as a biofuel.

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2022-01-03

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Viltres-Rodríguez, R. A. ., & Alarcón-Zayas, A. . (2022). Chemical characterization of bio-oil of the fast pyrolysis from biomass. Revista Cubana De Química, 34(1), 131–158. Retrieved from https://cubanaquimica.uo.edu.cu/index.php/cq/article/view/5212

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